1889 United Kingdom local elections

Elections to the municipal and county councils of England and Wales were held in 1889.

Elections to the various county councils were held in January 1889.

Progressive candidates won a majority on London County Council, although at this point party labels were relatively unimportant, with municipal and county politics in Victorian Britain being somewhat detached from national politics, and national political divisions.

[2] The Liberals only failed to take Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, which had hung councils.

[2] In the English counties the Liberals took only Cumberland, Holland, London, and the West Riding, with most councils being run on a non-party basis.